👤 Hettie O'Brien

5 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
5
2026-09-23 – 2026-10-28
Claims per article
78
392 extracted in total
Hedged claims
10%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
12,418
characters
Writes for The Guardian.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Politics
100%
Most-tagged topics
FranceFrenchBrazilBritainBritishBrusselsCommonsGuardian

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
3 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.29 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-19 · The Guardian · Politics
Monday briefing: What you need to know about a weekend of ‘chaos’ in France
29 outlets covered this event
2026-09-23 · The Guardian · Politics
Wednesday briefing: ​Can Burnham ​seek a ​different ​path​ to Trump’s world order?
12 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-28 · The Guardian · Politics
Wednesday briefing: We asked you - what do you want from the Burnham government’s first budget?
7 outlets covered this event
2026-10-14 · The Guardian · Politics
Wednesday briefing: ​Why small boat crossings are here to stay ​
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-10-13 · The Guardian · Politics
Tuesday briefing: Could Burnham take Britain back towards the EU?
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-09-23 · The Guardian
Wednesday briefing: ​Can Burnham ​seek a ​different ​path​ to Trump’s world order?
🔮 Considering the president once described Burnham as the mayor of “a town,” and the prime minister once said Trump wouldn’t be welcome in said town (Manchester), the meeting yesterday afternoon went remarkably well. assertive
2026-10-13 · The Guardian
Tuesday briefing: Could Burnham take Britain back towards the EU?
🔮 Today’s newsletter, with the help of the Guardian’s Brussels correspondent Jennifer Rankin and our senior political correspondent Peter Walker, asks what his stance might actually amount to. assertive
2026-10-14 · The Guardian
Wednesday briefing: ​Why small boat crossings are here to stay ​
🔮 The deal, which lasted just 423 days, was beset with problems, had a negligible impact, and now joins a long list of policies that have tried and failed to address highly visible, often tragic small boat crossings. This morning, the Home Office announced that it would be doubling the number of riot police along the French coast in lieu of the deal. assertive
2026-10-19 · The Guardian
Monday briefing: What you need to know about a weekend of ‘chaos’ in France
🔮 Pope Leo told a crowd gathered in St Peter’s Square on Sunday that he would “gradually resume” his activities, at his first appearance before the faithful since undergoing an operation to remove a cancerous tumour from his lung. assertive
2026-10-28 · The Guardian
Wednesday briefing: We asked you - what do you want from the Burnham government’s first budget?
🔮 This, the Treasury has been at pains to tell us, will be a very “low-key” budget. assertive
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